80R1231 ACP-F
 
  By: Puente H.B. No. 2108
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for the Parks and Wildlife Department, the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Texas Water
Development Board to complete priority instream flow studies of the
state's rivers and streams.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 16.059(d), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       (d)  The priority studies shall be completed not later than
December 31, 2016 [2010]. The Parks and Wildlife Department, the
commission, and the board shall establish a work plan that
prioritizes the studies and that sets interim deadlines providing
for publication of flow determinations for individual rivers and
streams on a reasonably consistent basis throughout the prescribed
study period. Before publication, completed studies shall be
submitted for comment to the commission, the board, and the Parks
and Wildlife Department.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.